[Gazevat-i Seyit Battal Gazi] - [غزوات سيد بطال غازى].

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 8768
  • Dates of Creation
    • Late 15th century
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 190 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : European, 190 ff. Dimensions : 188 mm x 155 mm. Script : Nesih. Binding : Wooden binding.

Scope and Content

This volume contains a popular romance of the hero Seyit Battal Gazi, likely composed in the 13th or 14th centuries CE. The text agrees closely with the one found at Or 7310 as well as the copy held by the Vatican and described by Rossi (p. 20). The only break in the narrative is provided by headings in red reading Az in canip. The work is imperfect at the end. This copy is wrongly labeled 'History of the Wars with Byzantium Turki'. It is possible that this manuscript was copied in the late 15th century CE but the first nine folios have been supplied in a later hand.

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Related Material

Other, much more complete and intricate versions of the text can be found at Or 7310 and Add MS 10000. For more information on it, see Rieu, Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts in the British Museum, pp. 214-15.